Getting rid of Tarnstrom was addition by subtraction. That was enough to make it a good deal. Same held true for Recchi and Jackman. It's no coincidence that the team is playing better now that most of the garbage from early on has been weeded out.

I'd think Tarnstrom should have had higher expectations and hopes that a change of scenery would help him, so maybe they have more to be disappointed about than the Pens do.

Rita looked alright and might have a spot depending on what happens with our 20 or 30 other 3rd line role players.

Rita and Kotlsov are the two biggest mysteries on this team. Both are very skilled, fast, great skaters, but why in the hell can't they do ANYTHING else? That's one of the problems with this team currently. They have too many players that are only good at one thing.

My only problem is CP's failure to move players when the return value is the highest. I think when he was playing well, Tarnstrom was exactly what alot of teams wanted. Patrick sat on him though, let him fizzle which was magnified by the teams terrible start. In the end, we got probably all we could get for him. I'm over it. Our blueline got better by his absence. Rita won't be around long term, he'll vanish like the majority of returns Patrick brings in through trade.

We traded a guy we got for nothing and will eventualy end up with what we started....nothing.

Rita and Kotlsov are the two biggest mysteries on this team. Both are very skilled, fast, great skaters, but why in the hell can't they do ANYTHING else? That's one of the problems with this team currently. They have too many players that are only good at one thing.

Not sure about Rita, but Koltsov can skate, hit and kill penalties pretty well - so that's three things. Now if those hands ever catch up with that skating......